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Is there a use case for third party cookies outside of ad tracking? I’ve had it disabled for years and don’t recall it breaking any website I actually care to u
by koolba 5y ago
Is there a use case for third party cookies outside of ad tracking? I’ve had it disabled for years and don’t recall it breaking any website I actually care to use.
- bootlooped 5y agoApparently certain workflows in Okta would be hampered or prevented if third cookies were totally blocked. https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/FAQ-How-Blocking-Third-Party-Cookies-Can-Potentially-Impact-Your-Okta-Environment?language=en_US https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/FAQ-How-Blocking-Thi...
- cptskippy 5y agoA lot of older SSO technology like Gigya use 3rd Party Cookies. They've had a hell of a time on Apple devices.
- dehrmann 5y agoThey're used for fraud prevention. How you're tracked is similar to ads, but the end goal isn't targeting ads better, it's preventing chargebacks.
- jefftk 5y agoOnce case is iframing a site where people will get logged-in behavior without requiring them to log in to each site individually. For example, an embedded video player that wants to disable ads for subscribers or a micropayments service that needs to recognize which account to charge. (Disclosure: I work on ads at Google, speaking only for myself)
- jackson1442 5y agoI had to enable third party cookies to log into Pearson’s online learning garbage. It appears the use case here is standing up poorly designed websites.
- nr2x 5y agoBasically it’s deprecated technology, anybody using for “legit” reasons needs to migrate to a new solution anyway.